Welcome to ENGL 1102—Apocalyptic Nightmares: The Cultural Politics of Zombies in Popular Media

Georgia Tech, Spring 2008

Instructor: Andrea Wood

andrea.wood@lcc.gatech.edu 

Course Description:

In our section of ENGL 1102 we will be examining how the theme of apocalypse in zombie films, books, and comics plays a critical role in conceptualizing notions of futurity and survival in a nightmarish time and place. In particular, we will be considering the ways in which visions of zombie apocalypse intersect with contemporary cultural anxieties and fears about technology, nationalism and identity, race, gender, and sexual and reproductive agency against the backdrop of decomposing social landscapes. While this course also emphasizes important elements of historical context in each respective zombie narrative that we analyze, it will seek to identify cultural connections across time periods in order to consider how certain anxieties persist even if they manifest in different ways.

Announcements

Assignments

ENGL1102syllabus2008(2).doc

Primary Texts

Questions for Films and Readings

Readings (Secondary)

Resources

Sample Student Work

Voting Options for the Final Film

1102schedule08.doc  *REVISED 03/25

Extra Credit